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I was really afraid that after not building for over a year, it would take some time to get back in the groove.  Luckily that didn’t happen!  This first phase went together really fast–I built 3 cabinets for 2 desks for the Craft Room in a little over a week and that included building 14 […]

It seems that every time I build something, I modify how I went about making various parts.  I have built drawer fronts for cabinets using a few different methods now, and this time I am very happy with how they came out.  I don’t know if my level of skill has increased or if the […]

I knew turning the dining room into a home office/dining room was going to be a big project, I just didn’t know it was going to be a big, BIG project. Ignorance was bliss, until I was in it too far to turn back! I don’t know that I will ever take on a project […]

If you use a pocket hole jig to assemble cabinet doors, you are left with holes on the back of the door that can be seen.  This may not bother you, and I decided it didn’t on Pip’s built-ins for her room because I didn’t want to deal with it and it wasn’t going to […]

If all I had done was add a hutch to a desk, then the reveal post would have come about much sooner. But before I could add the hutch, I had to paint the desk. I didn’t sand the desk down. I bought some bonding primer at Lowes (hope I don’t regret not getting the […]

Normally my mantra during a build is “Perfect is the enemy of done” because I tend to be a perfectionist about things.  Well this closet organizer is done and it sure isn’t perfect.  Had this been anywhere but a closet, the drawer fronts would have been redone.  But my new and improved mantra for this […]

Whew! Finally we are at the reveal for this project! Life has gotten in between me and the final coat of Polyacrylic for this one. But now here it is, all set in its place in Pip’s room:

Are you tired of seeing those ugly washer and dryer hookups in your laundry room?  This beginner woodworking tutorial walks you step-by-step through how to hide washer and dryer hookups. This is an easy solution for hiding your laundry room hookups that lets you flex your beginner woodworking muscles.  But don’t let this easy DIY […]

I don’t know why it is proving to be so difficult to begin this post in an interesting way!  I have began and deleted 4 different beginnings, so now I give up and you just get this.  Definitely the worst one. My last attempt at doors was the built-in cabinet in the laundry room: These […]

I was pleasantly surprised at how quickly this simple DIY bench was to throw together!  The Kreg Jig made quick work of the entire project and here is the end result with a tutorial on how I built it.